Latin American civil society has developed extraordinary solutions for marginalized children, from national political movements to top-notch ballet troupes. Unfortunately, institutional and national barriers have prevented these programs from learning from each other: the problem is not a lack of solutions, but a lack of communication. SAL uses digital technology to democratize this intellectual capital, connecting community based programs with each other so that no one need reinvent the wheel.
Over ten years of work, we have become the largest collaborative network of grassroots organizations serving marginalized children in the world and have impacted education and social services for over two million children and families.
Shine a Light collaborates with the most creative NGOs in Latin America to develop and disseminate best practices with marginalized children. We teach children the digital arts -- cinema, photography, music composition, graphic design, etc -- and then help them to teach others, whether educators at other programs, other children, or the general population.
About Me
- Kurt Shaw
- Many organizations advocate for poor kids. Shine a Light, however, educates street kids, child soldiers, indigenous children, and many others to advocate for themselves, so that they -- and not some adult speaking for them -- can be actors on the world stage. We teach the most marginalized children in Latin America how to make movies, music, and art, so that can share their unique and profound perspectives. Over the last ten years, children educated by SAL have made more than a hundred films, many of which have won awards at international film festivals, and in 2008, our City of Rhyme Project won the Freedom to Create Prize, recognizing the young artists who have done the most to promote human rights anywhere in the world.
Digital Arts by kids from the margins
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